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292639 to 292655— Continued 



292653. Col. No. 32. Evergreen-oak forest, 1 mile east of Creek out- 

 let, Goldendale-Glenwood road, Klickitat County. Elevation 1,800 feet. 

 Plant 8 inches diameter; foliage good; leaves 0.6 by 0.24 inches; flow- 

 ers pale lavender. 



292654. Col. No. 33. Evergreen-oak forest, 1 mile east of creek out- 

 let, Goldendale-Glenwood road, Klickitat County. Elevation 1,800 

 feet. Plant floriferous; foliage good; leaves 0.88 by 0.28 inch, many 

 trident; flowers pale lavender. 



292655. Col. No. 34. Evergreen-grass area, 6.6 miles south of the 

 Appleton junction, Goldendale-Glenwood road, Klickitat County. 

 Plant 2.5 by 2 feet; flowers white. 



292656. Pyrus communis L. Malaceae. 



From France. Scions presented by the Station de Recherches d'Arboriculture 

 et d'Oenologie, Angers. Received Sept. 5, 1963. 



'Coscia'. 

 292657 to 292683. 



From Mexico and the United States. Plants collected by H. S. Gentry, 

 A. S. Barclay, and J. Arguelles, agricultural explorers, Crops Research 

 Division, Plant Industry Station, Beltsville, Md. Received Aug. 27, 1963. 



From Mexico unless otherwise noted. 



292657 to 292660. Agave Americana L. Amaryllidaceae. Centuryplant. 



292657. Col. No. 20022. Roadside, 37 miles north of Saltillo, road to 

 Piedras Negras, Coahuila. Elevation 3,300 feet. Large glaucous 

 maguey rosettes, forming offshoots when young; panicle to 23 feet 

 high with 18-20 flowering laterals; buds pink- tipped; tepals and 

 anther lobes yellow, remainder green; panicle is terminal quarter. 

 Cultivated; used for fence and pulque. 



292658. Col. No. 20080. Puerto Colorado, 7 miles northeast of Jacala, 

 Hidalgo. Plant medium sized; rosettes grayish green with regular 

 leaves; panicle tall, open; flowers yellow; pedicels long. Cultivated 

 for pulque; buds eaten. 



292659. Col. No. 20090. Roadside, 4 miles west of Rio Verde, road to 

 San Luis Potosi. Elevation 3,200 feet. Plant to 7 feet high; rosettes 

 slightly glaucous; leaves to 6 feet long, linear, straight margined. 

 Cultivated. 



292660. Col. No. 20091. Clay-loam roadside, 16 miles east of Rio 

 Verde, road to Cuidad Valles, San Luis Potosi. Elevation 3,700 feet. 

 Plants scattered in wild, variable; rosettes short caulescent, big 

 headed; leaves green to glaucous, some zoned; panicles to 16 feet 

 high with slender pedicels and 10-15 laterals; flowers slender, yellow; 

 filaments long. 



292661. Agave bracteosa S. Wats. 



Col. No. 20020. Limestone rocks, near old mine, 18 miles northeast of 

 Altillo, road to Monterey, Coahuila. Elevation 5,250 feet. Plants single 

 and in clumps; rosettes small, open, yellow green; spikes dense to about 

 3 feet high, white ; flowers dry. 



292662 and 292663. Agave falcata Engelm. 



292662. Col. No. 20024. In wild, 24 and 61 miles north of Saltillo, 

 road to Piedras Negras, Coahuila. Elevation 4,000 feet. Plant ces- 

 pitose, many leaved, light green, polycarpic; rosettes with straight or 

 falcate, stiff leaves; spikes to 6 feet high; flowers in terminal third, 

 green, purple or reddish; anthers usually bronze. 



292663. Col. No. 20097. Along Route 57, 37 miles north of Matehuala, 

 Nuevo Leon. Elevation 5,300 feet. Rosettes in clumps; leaves long; 

 peduncles long; flowers green, yellow or reddish purple. 



